My novel, "The Price of Peace", was inspired
by Nostradamus and the US Air Force Air War College. In 1981
I attempted to put the verses in order of their historical occurrence
and then use a computer to find the correct sequence to see if
I could then use that numerical sequence to put the future verses
in sequence. As I did this I put the future verses in a separate
stack. Before I finished the initial historical sorting, I discovered
that I my future stack had World War III. It had the political
climate, the initial skirmishes, and the major battles. The battles
described the weapons used as well as the locations. I put these
verses into the correct sequence and entered them on my computer.
Just another book on Nostradamus is not needed. I wrote a novel
that brings life to the otherwise dry predictions and serves as
a warning to the western world.

The book starts with a HEMP event (High-altitude
Electro Magnetic Pulse), or a nuclear explosion in low earth orbit.
Most people in would not know that the United States had decisively
lost the first battle. When morning comes they find the United
States has essentially lost its electricity for a long time to
come. All not specifically protected transistors are burned out,
no telephones, no television or radio, no electronic fuel injection
or ignition. Without communication or transportation, the cities
are looted and burned with no fire departments or police able
to intervene. The national guard cannot be called to active duty.
Hero number 1 tells the story of the United States after this
event. Hero number 2 is an enlisted tank commander who tells
the story in Europe. The novel tells the recovery of the United
States, the war on the continent and the eventual United States
impact on the war.

In 1989 I got my sister interested in a skirmish
from my book and she wrote a war game to counter it. General
Swartzkof, General Powell, and other key generals attended her
war games. The scenario, Iraq takes over Kuwait and attacks Saudi
Arabia. You guessed it, the war game was completed in June before
the real attack into Kuwait. The generals followed the war game
scenario to beat Iraq. The problem is that they did not understand
that this was only a test to find out about our weapons and tactics.
I removed this episode from the novel because like other parts
of the novel, it is now history.

Tom Clancy and Dale Bond novel readers and the science
fiction readers should find my novel compelling to read. I hope
that the politicians and military will also read the book.

I found it more enjoyable to write than to read.
It is now complete. I printed a few copies for my college graduate
friends and family to read (and edit). I will be most happy to
send the complete manuscript if requested.